Yemen's Leader Rejects Opposition Plan

By

Oliver Holmes

Updated March 5, 2011 12:19 p.m. ET

SAN'A, Yemen—After days of delay, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh officially rejected a proposal that he step down this year and reiterated that he would remain in power until his term ends in 2013.

"The peaceful and smooth transition of power is not carried out through chaos but through the will of the people expressed through elections," a statement from the presidential office Saturday said. Elections are due in Yemen...